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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Explain the term „paralanguage‟.
2. How does the tone of the voice communicate?

3. Define „chronemics‟.
4. Write short notes on „sign language‟.

5. How could one communicate by being silent?

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. What are the various communicative functions of vocalics? Give examples for each.

2. Write an essay in not more than 200 words on the significance of paralanguage as a means
of non-verbal communication.
3. Discuss in detail how the factor „time‟ becomes one of the important concepts of non-verbal

communication.

FURTHER READING

1. Joseph A. DeVito, The Nonverbal Communication Workbook. Waveland Press. Inc., Illinois,
1989.

2. Fernando Poyatos, Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines: Volume II: Paralanguage,
kinesics, silence, personal and environmental interaction. John Benjamins Publishing
Company, Amsterdam, 2002.

Links for further reading

1. https://ifioque.com/nonverbal-communication/chronemics
2. https://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/chapter/4-2-types-of-nonverbal-communication/
3. https://www.basicknowledge101.com/pdf/km/Chronemics.pdf

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